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Gloomy Day in K2 Base Camp

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Nicholas Rice writes from K2 Base Camp: August 5th 2008:

Today, after a rainy night in base camp, I headed down to the empty mess tent to enjoy a quiet breakfast. I quickly got working on starting my now very tired generator, and plugged in all my dead electronics; after receiving countless emails and phone calls from the media, and making very difficult calls to the loved ones of the deceased, my 17.2Amp lead acid battery wasn't quite cutting it. I logged into my email and was again barraged with requests for interviews from the media.

I took a break from the computer, and headed down to Gilkey Memorial to put up the plates we had made to memorialize Hugues, Karim, Gerard, and Baig. It was ironic, as the last time I had gone was with a happy healthy Hugues. I am, however, happy that he in the end, achieved his goal. This was his third year in a row on K2, and finally he had made the summit and lived his dream. It is a shame that triumph and tragedy seem to come hand in hand on K2. After the memorial, I headed back to base camp. I still have my fingers crossed for the Italians, as they are still waiting for the helicopter evacuation from ABC on the Abruzzi Route.

Read the full blog entry at www.nickrice.us

Also of note is this analysis by Freddie Wilkinson at the Huffington Post: Avalanche Triggers Survival Situation on K2


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5 Aug, 2008
Also of note is this analysis by Freddie Wilkinson at the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/freddie-wilkinson/survival-situation-on-k2_b_116609.html
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